02 February 2011

Bye bye Mozy

Disclaimer: I have no personal interest in any of the sites listed below, nor am I using any personal referral links etc. to gain personal advantages.

Mozy just announced that they will discontinue their unlimited backup plan in favor of tiered plans. The big failure here is that it will be more expensive for everyone (except for some multi-computer plans). Even the lowest tier will be 20% more expensive than the current plan.
For me the price increase would be 100%. I say would, because like many users I will cancel my Mozy account before ever paying what they want me to pay.
Luckily, Mozy has competitors, and a few of these are taking advantage of the situation and making special offers for Mozy users that wish to migrate. In the table below I list some of the alternatives to Mozy, their prices and any special coupons you may use. I don’t have direct experience with all of these, but will keep you posted when I finally migrate to one.

I will probably try either Backblaze or CrashPlan+ as soon as I get around to it. According to Mozy “Refunds on multi-period plans (i.e. annual and biennial plans) may be granted” so I will probably not wait until my year ends in June to do this migration. I feel like telling Mozy how I feel about their new price plans as soon as possible.
Please use the comments if you have anything to add.Edit 2011-02-02 13:23: Added LiveDriveEdit 2011-02-02 16:52: Added SafeCopy